Plague Inc. vs SimCity BuildIt
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.5K/mo
~$7.73M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS
SimCity BuildIt
Electronic Arts
App Store
$493.3K/mo
~$5.92M/yr · 8.9M installs
Revenue winner
Plague Inc. wins
+31% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+175% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+189% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+17% vs other
Why Plague Inc. is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.4M lifetime installs vs SimCity BuildIt's ~8.9M - 2.8× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Plague Inc. sits at 4.81★ vs 4.11★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Plague Inc.
vs
SimCity BuildIt
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.5K
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$493.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.73M
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$5.92M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
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8.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
4.9M
◀
1.7M
App Store rating
4.81★
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4.11★
Total ratings
163K
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81K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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$8.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- May 26, 2012
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 123.6 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.24.4
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +8 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 17, 2014
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File size
- 293.0 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.77.2
- Languages
- Arabic, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German +11 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
SimCity BuildIt trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or SimCity BuildIt? v
Plague Inc. earns about $644.5K per month, while SimCity BuildIt earns about $493.3K. That is a 1.3× revenue gap (~$151.2K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.73M/year, SimCity BuildIt ≈ $5.92M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Plague Inc. or SimCity BuildIt? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.4M estimated downloads vs 8.9M for SimCity BuildIt - a 2.8× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. SimCity BuildIt's App Store downloads are estimated from 81K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and SimCity BuildIt in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Plague Inc. and SimCity BuildIt offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. SimCity BuildIt: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; SimCity BuildIt runs "Subscription (~$8.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Plague Inc. or SimCity BuildIt? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.1 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, SimCity BuildIt 81K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs SimCity BuildIt revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.5K for Plague Inc. and $493.3K for SimCity BuildIt are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Plague Inc. or SimCity BuildIt to a different App Store app? v
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